[@Rakurai] We have to make some sort of speech to appease the masses, and having Mary acknowledge her mistake openly and accept some form of punishment would go a lot further then trying to defend her actions. The only other good option is to have our characters gather together and then wait for a fully trained song knight, or the city guard or equivalent to show up. Speaking of, where are they? I would expect then to be on their way if only because a dissonance appeared in the capitol city of the largest and most protected nation.